Cardenden ( listen (help·info)) is a Scottish town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. It is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Kirkcaldy. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway for its new railway station. A former mining town, Cardenden had a reported population of 448 in 1891 that had increased to 5,533 as of 2011.
Population: 4,913
Latitude: 56° 08' 35.16" N
Longitude: -3° 15' 24.73" W
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